New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-16

| full what the exigcncies Of polite society may
force us to do not Only easily, but with apsoIuU
| eomplaccncc. ITcIc was 1 conversing on money
moons with man whom had recc.eu ni nc;o ,v
| less for many years Of my lie, ana moS' e't'0'
| and decisivcy sht ago. - a.ho
| When the ladies left the dining-room us
Marquis las indeed he was usually cai'ed "a, ~
every one, including myself was sIaha,ni i'm no
| murmured softly but none the less forcfbIy'
IL do hate int llectual women!"
| DO you Pr l asked, looking up at him.
| "You'II talk to me bit byand- bye won
| ,ou ~ he managed to say before | and the other
| ladies' swept on, urged forward by Lady Dove
what are you laughing at, Ruth ~ asked my
| hostess as we went down the corridor. LORD
| Ba Ignore IS so lunny, saiu ny way "
Y,s. he's immensely clever, especially for a
Marquis" said Lady Dovedale thongntfully: ana
| what do YOU think of MIR. Grcnicll dear Most
nco, lie are horribly frightened of hum"
| Sine 81, pid her arm through mine as she STOKE
| or course you can always hold your own, she
went on that's partly why gave you 10 nun w
| night Really some women are quite SHY aoou.
| I'm my ,iccc Dora says she would just MS soon
sit by an ogre And yet he isn't at all good
looking" ., .;,oa
| ne Such is always the case, l think, In shooting
| narties: men have u great deal TO say to each
| other about keepers and guns and other topics
| of sport At least l Will give them the cncn.
| of this kindly supposition, though the iouu ioai'
! of l.uphter which reached our sompre leihhinc
| Circl,. and which rose and fell and rose again
| from the far dining room, might have given
| cause for much EQUATION.
Tell Lord Dovcdale that tea is ready" muir,
murcd the hostess at last to the butter, WITH
| that tunctionary had deliberately prepared Wa-
| taiic in front Of her. Miss Dora was playing 'he
| r,anoforte which she did with neither correctness res,
| nor passion. hut her music helped 10 make thc
| clIcr lodics talk I was rather frightened OF my
| ,cntIc- looking acquaintance, now tlat hau
| learned her alarming gift Of authorship ana She,
| 10 do her justice. showed no VOL mt desire 10
rropitatc any % her own stX but ''ancd s',cn,h y,
| back in q low chalr waVlhH I'LL cioi"i'"' "
| fan 10 and fro r,;
| At n round table in full lamplght sat tranieln
| Worms the govcrncss. who after she had ac-
nuaintNd Lady Dovedar with the interesting 90
| that Tommy had swallowed his phi as wen as
| thc strawberry Jam. and that Florrle had not
| made more than nine mistakes IN her rrehc'i
| cvcrci.c subsidized into silence over the elhporatc
| stitches with which she irrctrlcva'iv dlS-
figuring n pretty piece of satin. Thus passed one
| Of the drcarcst hours | ever spent, ana whch'
finally. with trampling of feet, rush OF yolceS,
| and n 'crfumc o. tobacco. the il2ck coatch ones
came ?lnng tho corridor ard entered our presence.
| thcv must have found thoroughly torpid and
| unrromiSin~ rroun Of fcmnl's
| Are you asleep" asked the Marquis at my
| elbow.
NEARLY. not quite: wish wcrc'
| oh come, THAT'S civil" said Lord Bally-
| more: why, wanted to talk to you all through
dinner" -.
| Did you? ?" | had s. irit to say more. Then
we apscd into silence | think the Marquis was
| onenn,d with me- for soon he got up from the
seat INTO which he had dropped by my side, and
oincd Lord lovcdalc and two or three other men
| on the hchrthrug. Mr. Grcnlcll was positively
| carving on an animated conversation with Frau
| Icin "A orms What an extraordinary being he isl
| Even Lady Dovcdac looked ut him with some
surprise The poor old Fraulcin had pushed her
| limp hair back making her high forehead a pear
| han her r,
whist he was the only person in the room VINO
| seemed TO take anv trouble to he agreeable.
| At last mciciiully. there was "A move. The men
were taken up to the billiard room, where the
SIN, kcr who had stood on one leg for the last
! ten minutes, doubtless received the reward due
to hs patience. We ladies, after being offered wine
water and thin biscuits. were each OF us PROVIDED
| with a candle and Informed that the Journey
! had no doubt tired us. After this parting cere.
mony lctooll ourselves 10 onr rooms-one, II
not all with much JOY and graduation.